OpenAI
Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security
$510K
US - Remote +3 · Remote · Principal · Full-time · Posted Mar 25, 2026
- Location
- US - Remote
New York City
Seattle
San Francisco
About the job
Sets technical direction and delivers infrastructure security programs protecting OpenAI’s research and production environments, from hardware and datacenters to cloud platforms and critical services.
What you'll do
- Own security strategy, roadmaps, and outcomes for critical infrastructure areas.
- Design and deploy security controls, and lead threat modeling and design reviews across infrastructure layers.
- Lead cross-functional security initiatives and mentor engineers across InfraSec and partner teams.
What they ask for
- Deep expertise securing cloud platforms, multi-cloud networks, and infrastructure, including cloud-agnostic system design.
- Experience securing on-premises deployments and datacenters, from construction to multi-tenant use.
- Familiarity with container and orchestration security, and authentication/authorization.
- Track record leading large cross-organizational initiatives from concept through rollout.
Nice to have
- Expertise and curiosity in using frontier models and agents to solve security challenges.
Pay
$401K – $510K USD base salary
Tools
Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes, CI/CD, firmware/BMC
AI focus
Use frontier models and agents to solve security challenges.
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